Hippolita
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Hippolita is the pious, long-suffering wife of Prince Manfred in Horace Walpole’s Gothic novel "The Castle of Otranto," embodying virtue, obedience, and self-sacrifice amid the story’s supernatural and political turmoil.
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
female character
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | The Castle of Otranto ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre |
Gothic fiction
ⓘ
Gothic novel ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
political turmoil in The Castle of Otranto
ⓘ
supernatural events in The Castle of Otranto ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
long-suffering
ⓘ
obedient ⓘ pious ⓘ self-sacrificing ⓘ virtuous ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
Manfred, King of Sicily
ⓘ
surface form:
Prince Manfred
|
| createdBy | Horace Walpole ⓘ |
| embodiesTheme |
obedience
ⓘ
self-sacrifice ⓘ virtue ⓘ |
| familyRole |
mother
ⓘ
wife ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | The Castle of Otranto ⓘ |
| hasRoleInWork | supporting character ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | early Gothic literature ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 18th-century literature ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
moral exemplar
ⓘ
victim of patriarchal authority ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | Italian ⓘ |
| publicationContext |
The Castle of Otranto
ⓘ
surface form:
The Castle of Otranto (1764 novel)
|
| relatedWork |
The Castle of Otranto
ⓘ
surface form:
The Castle of Otranto, or The Castle of Otranto: A Gothic Story
|
| settingOfActivity | Otranto ⓘ |
| spouseOf |
Manfred, King of Sicily
ⓘ
surface form:
Prince Manfred
|
Referenced by (4)
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